Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by ...
6 days ago · Austin retired from the Army in 2016 only to be asked to return to the Pentagon by President Joe Biden in 2021, making history as the nation’s first Black defense secretary.. He took the helm of the Pentagon at the height of COVID-19 and just weeks after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a mob of Trump’s supporters.His early months saw the department working through a divisive ...
Lloyd Austin - Wikipedia
U.S. secretary of defense Lloyd Austin hosts Saudi prince Khalid bin Salman at the Pentagon, July 6, 2021. On February 25, 2021, under Biden's direction, Austin coordinated military defensive airstrikes against an Iranian-backed militia in Syria .
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III - U.S. Department of Defense
Jan 15, 2025 · Lloyd J. Austin III is the 28th secretary of defense, sworn in on Jan. 22, 2021. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., Austin served 41 years in uniform, retiring as a...
Lloyd Austin ends term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by …
5 days ago · Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 20, 2024, in Washington. (Kevin Wolf/AP) Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will bid farewell Friday to the forces ...
WATCH LIVE: Defense Department hosts farewell event for Austin …
5 days ago · Austin retired from the Army in 2016 only to be asked to return to the Pentagon by President Joe Biden in 2021, making history as the nation’s first Black defense secretary.
Austin failed to tell Congress or the White House about his health ...
Jan 15, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ‘s failure to inform Congress or the White House as required when he was incapacitated due to treatment for prostate cancer and later complications potentially raised “unnecessary” security risks, the Pentagon’s watchdog concluded in a highly critical report released Wednesday.. The inspector general’s report concluded there were no ...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secrecy around his ... - CNN
Jan 15, 2025 · The secrecy surrounding Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s hospitalizations in late 2023 and early 2024 “increased unnecessarily” the risks to US national security, the Pentagon’s ...
Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by ...
6 days ago · Austin retired from the Army in 2016 only to be asked to return to the Pentagon by President Joe Biden in 2021, making history as the nation's first Black defense secretary.
The Pentagon adds new details about Austin’s secretive hospital …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon released new details Sunday about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s continued hospitalization, saying he had a medical procedure Dec. 22, went home a day later and was admitted to intensive care Jan. 1 when he began experiencing severe pain.
Lloyd Austin, Pentagon chief, has been released from the hospital : NPR
Feb 13, 2024 · WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday, ending his second stay since surgery to treat prostate cancer, and he has...